Anti-Tank Mine Vs. Off-Road Truck | Is It Survivable?

Summary

In an intriguing episode of 'Press the Channel,' the team tests the effects of a tank mine on an off-road truck. The host shares a personal connection with this type of truck from his military service, providing a detailed tour of its features and mechanics. The truck, stripped of all fluids and parts to ensure safety, is positioned so that a mine placed under its rear wheel will detonate. The experiment aims to preserve the truck's front while analyzing the impact of the explosion, using a scaled-down version of a Finnish anti-tank mine. The aftermath reveals the truck's resilience, with the host offering insights into the potential survivability of such an explosion, emphasizing safety precautions and the importance of not attempting such stunts at home.

Takeaways

• 🛩️ The video tests the effect of a tank mine on an off-road truck, emphasizing the anticipation of significant impact.
• 📍 The host shares a personal history with the type of truck being tested, having used one during military service.
• 🛠️ Precautions are taken to ensure the truck is safe for the experiment, with all fluids removed and parts stripped to prevent unnecessary damage.
• 🔨 The test aims to keep the front of the truck intact by placing the mine under the rear wheel, with the mine being slightly smaller than a real anti-tank mine due to printing limitations.
• 💥 The mine is humorously named 'Disco chill' to lighten the mood, despite the serious nature of the experiment.
• 🚗 A detailed description of the truck's interior and mechanics is provided, highlighting its unique features and differences from Western trucks.
• 💣 The experiment uses 10 kilos of TNT equivalent dynamite, predicting significant damage but hoping the truck's frame remains intact.
• 🚨 Safety measures are emphasized, with a concrete bunker protecting the crew and warnings against attempting such dangerous experiments.
• 🛣️ Post-explosion observations note the truck's resilience, with less damage than expected and the windshield surprisingly intact.
• 🗣️ The host concludes with military insights, suggesting that while the truck's cab survived well, the experiment illustrates the destructive power of landmines and the importance of caution.

Q & A

What kind of truck is being used in the video?

An old Soviet off-road truck that the narrator used during his military service.

Why did they remove fluids and parts from the truck before the explosion?

To minimize environmental impact and make sure the truck could no longer be used, since spare parts are hard to find.

What was placed under the truck's wheel before detonating?

A 3D printed mine replica filled with 10kg of TNT equivalent explosives.

What safety precautions did they take?

They cleared fluids, wore protection, took cover 100m away in a concrete bunker.

What was the narrator's prediction for the explosion?

The wheel would fly 200m, the truck's frame would remain undamaged, the front would be slightly broken.

How did the actual damage compare to the prediction?

The truck survived better than expected. The frame deformed where the mine exploded but rest of truck remained usable.

What injuries might the driver have sustained?

Potentially fatal injuries from blast wave and shrapnel, though cabin offers some protection.

Could the truck have been repaired?

Yes, only one corner was badly damaged. Axles and suspension survived explosion.

What was the purpose of the landmine in combat?

To stop vehicles and cargo by destroying wheels/tires.

How did the video creators rate the explosion experiment?

They gave it 5 out of 5 for meeting expectations and having no injuries or issues.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducing the truck and plans for the video

The narrator introduces an old Soviet army truck he used to drive and explains plans to test the effects of a tank mine explosion under the truck's rear wheel. The truck is stripped of fluids and parts to minimize environmental impact.

05:01

🛻 Touring the interior and features of the truck

The narrator gives a tour of the simple truck interior, explaining features like the clutch, brakes, gauges, toolkit, and instructions. He notes quirks like the bad synchromesh and that the brakes work opposite of Western trucks.

10:04

💥 Detonating the mine and analyzing the damage

After the explosion, the narrator inspects the damaged truck, surprised it held up better than expected. The wheel blew off as predicted, but parts of the frame and cabin remained intact.

Keywords

💡truck

The video focuses on an off-road truck that is blown up by a tank mine. The truck is described in detail, including its features, capabilities, and the narrator's personal experience driving this model in the army. The truck's destruction by the explosion is the main event of the video.

💡tank mine

A tank mine is an explosive device designed to damage or destroy vehicles such as tanks and trucks. The video features a tank mine with 10kg of TNT equivalent explosives which blows up the truck. The power and effects of the mine are analyzed.

💡explosion

The key event in the video is the explosive destruction of the truck by the tank mine. The process and impacts of the blast are described in depth from preparation to detonation to aftermath.

💡detonation

This refers to the triggering and blast of the explosives to blow up the truck. The video analyzes the effects of 10kg of TNT detonating under the truck's wheel and the impacts on the vehicle.

💡destruction

The violent demolition and damage to the truck from the explosive blast. The level of destruction is assessed after the explosion in terms of parts flying off, deformation of frame, etc.

💡blast wave

The explosive shockwave and overpressure generated by the detonation of the mine under the truck. Its radius, power and potential human impacts are discussed.

💡safety

As an explosive experiment, safety precautions like the concrete bunker are described to protect the camera crew from danger. Safety warnings are also issued regarding replication.

💡fly

The explosion caused parts of the truck like the wheel to achieve high velocities as projectiles. The narrator estimates a 200 meter trajectory for the wheel from the blast force.

💡damage analysis

After the explosion, the video closely analyzes the resulting damage, including deformation of frame, detached parts, and the truck's ruined yet surprisingly intact state.

💡military experience

The narrator provides first-hand military insight on these trucks from driving one in the army. This lends an expert voice to assessing the truck's qualities and analyzing the test.

Highlights

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Transcripts

welcome to P the Press Channel today we

have excellent video as always we are

going to test what kind of effect on the

tank mine is going to have on this

off-road truck and yeah it's it's going

to be quite the effect and I have to say

that I have interesting history with

this type of truck I have actually had

one of these trucks for myself two

months in an army it's bit like your G

when you are serving you have your own

rifle I had my own truck and after two

months I got like finish made truck

after this and it was better but this

wasn't like terrible I can like show

inside soon what is like the cing and

stuff like that and uh don't worry we

have gotten the fluids out the gas tank

is empty motor is like out of oil and

it's also strip out of spare part for

other trucks this doesn't work anymore

at all even that like steering stuff is

removed so it's about the same stuff as

with the uh Tesla that we exploded it's

mostly like empty up there so it's ready

to go they don't like ship spare parts

for these so if you want to keep some of

them running you have to like demolish

other ones to keep the like rest running

yeah they still use this at Finish Army

not much but like at least some special

models that have like something peed on

the like back of the truck but most of

the trucks and other equipment is like

Western M these days but there's still

like lot of like also Soviet stuff but

soon there's going to be one truck less

and since we want to like keep this

magnificent front of the truck or at

least hope to keep that we are going to

place the mine here on under the rear

wheel so this is like

reversing towards the mine and it's bit

over filled because I wanted to copy the

Finish anti-tank mine and it was too

large for my 3D printer even in the in

like many parts so I had to scale it

down 5% so there's not like it's like 5%

too small because we wanted to like

match the amount of explosives that we

are using and then and to lighten the

mood We Made It Disco chill disco is

Disco and chill is the brand of the

truck so it's not so

serious yeah I think I think this like

excellent thing and uh yeah hey I saw

the truck now the inside while it's

still like intact okay and you of course

want to see

inside it's uh pretty simple missing

some parts also here doesn't

matter yeah so you have a huge

wheel it's not connected anymore to

anything but it should be and it's it's

pretty light if you hit rocks or

something it can spin and hit your hands

so keep your thumbs out and then the

gear lever this is long and has quite

long throw and at least on the one that

I had

the synchronization is really bad so you

have to match the rests with the

throttle when shifting

down then brakes they are pneumatic and

uh it works differently than western

trucks here you use the air to push them

closed with western trucks you use air

to like keep them open and if you want

to leave in a hurry and all the air is

out this is better because you don't

have to wait that the brakes unlock you

can just go but then it's also a bit

sketchy because if you just don't check

the air pressure and you start to drive

and if it's empty you have absolutely

zero brakes and it takes good couple

minutes to get any braking at all then

clutch it's really

long quite heavy and then

here high

beam and then here you can see the IR

pressure for the tanks some general

stuff speed these go like bit over 100

kilm per hour or like I would say like

65 is the top speed and then this

controls the tire pressure you can uh

fill them and empty them with this but

don't feel them too fast or you lose the

brakes and also the windsheld

wipers work with

the air so don't use those too much

either and then it's been a long time

but this says that it's the front axle

and I think this is the low speed

gearbox and then somewhere here yeah

it's here you take the ren from the

toolkit shove it there and then there is

like clutch for mechanical

WIS that's pretty like

nice and other than that's that's about

it oh here's the instructions for the

wheels ah yeah here is also for other

stuff okay and my prediction what's

going to

happen there is 10 kilos of TNT

equivalent Dynamite flavor and at least

this whe is going to get get lot of

speed up there and it's going to go

through this and fly I say that this

going to fly like 200

M and then the rest of the truck I think

the frame is not going to be

damaged the front is going to be

slightly broken and the part is going to

be

over and don't try this at home don't

mix like anything that explodes with

anything that is heavy because the heavy

stuff this are going to fly and hit hard

we have concrete bunker that is going to

protect us and it's like 100 m away so

we're going to be okay but don't try

this at

all

okay the dust has settled we wanted to

wait for a while because the dynamite

smoke don't breathe that and definitely

don't breathe chill smoke

I think the half of the truck is

probably made out of asbestos yeah but

now it's over hey h the windshield is

okay how in the hell the window didn't

break yeah traditional finish Dynamite

hole yes look at the truck I have to say

that it's in better shape than I thought

okay and here are the high speed shots

and I can also give my own uh military

expert opinion about this in Finland

yeah we have some like special operators

and N Stuff and everything like our own

Navy Seals and stuff like that but

everybody knows that the most hardcore

and Elite groups in the army they are

the truck drivers so I'm well qualified

to comment this while we look the panda

flying

there yeah but uh I would say that you

could even maybe very slight chance but

you could survive if you reverse into

land mine because the blast

wave is about 5 m from 10 kilos and you

might die might survive but there is

some stuff between so I think the like

cing gives bit protection up from the

blast wave and even the windows didn't

break so that's a great thing you would

definitely sit yourself and would never

hear anything again

and probably get horrifying injuries but

yeah if there are landmines I would

reverse at least if you Val your own

life more than the stuff on the back

back of the truck because that's

definitely going to be like the

wheel flyed so fast through the like

back of the truck that everything that

is there is gone and of course the truck

is stopped that is probably the function

of the land mine but the cupy in itself

that looks pretty well I have to say

that the truck took it this much better

than I thought yeah there has been some

deformation going on because the gearbox

has bunch a hole in the floor so the

like frame of the truck has gone pretty

like Fast up and the cabin has been like

wanting to stay on its

place but like

um most of this is in like really good

shape and you could even repair this

because only like the this corner is

messed up but even the axles and the

like suspension and everything is

okay yeah but we're going to keep this

here like this put it on display and

when people visit this like really nice

show piece to show what happens when

truck drives into anti-tank

mine ah here is the rim and yeah it like

didn't rip off it in like whole

piece the drive actually with it but I

think that like some parts that were

closest to mine those flew really high

yeah everything went really well uh the

mine did its work truck did its work

nobody died we were really safe in the

bunker and even the mess isn't too bad

and all the cameras Sur

so five out of five video and yeah

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